Today's News

Like so many people, I use the start of the new year to assess my life and zero in on all the things I want to change. For 2012, I want to focus on being healthier, continue exercising, maintain a healthy weight, and spend more time with family and friends.

WASHINGTON — U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s children banished her from the kitchen decades ago — her tuna fish casserole the target of family jokes. Dinner duties instead fell to her husband, an accomplished tax lawyer who became a talented chef.

Blizzard-like conditions stranded holiday travelers in Las Vegas, left area hotels full, forced the cancellation of sporting events and allowed students and teachers at Las Vegas City Schools to start their holiday break a little early this year.

A Las Vegas man whose breath alcohol content was more than 2- 1/2 times the state’s presumed level of intoxication was arrested earlier this month on his seventh drunken driving charge, according to court documents.

Leonard R. Montoya, 45, of the 1000 block of Tilden, has been charged with aggravated DWI, seventh offense, a third-degree felony, and with misdemeanor counts of driving with a suspended or revoked license, driving with an open container, making an improper turn at an intersection and failing to stay in his lane.

SANTA FE — The New Mexico Retiree Health Care Authority is considering setting a minimum retirement age before health care subsidies become available, joining the state’s two pension funds in broaching the subject as a way to cut costs.

The authority now subsidizes monthly insurance premiums for those who retire from state and local government and public school systems. It provides benefits for about 50,000 retirees, their spouses and dependents.

Story time at Carnegie Library is at 10:30 a.m. and 3:30 p.m. today, Dec. 21 in the library’s children’s area. Today’s books are “Rudolph Shines Again” by Robert L. May and “All I Want for Christmas/ Lo unico que quiero para Navidad” by Rebecca Gomez.